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An Evaluation of the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001

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An Evaluation of The Protection From Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors wish to thank the following people who contributed to this research project:

Lorraine Sweeney, Claire Mitchell, Linda Martin, Tina Day and Alison Clement who provided invaluable research and secretarial support.

The women who completed our questionnaire. The organisations which distributed the questionnaire: Glasgow Women's Support Project, Glasgow Women's Aid, Easterhouse Women's Aid and Hemat Gryffe Women's Aid.

The Sheriff Clerks at Glasgow, Stirling, Dumbarton and Stonehaven Sheriff Courts. Robert Gordon, Scottish Court Service. Morag McLaughlin and Mark McGuire, Crown Office and the Procurator Fiscals Depute who agreed to be interviewed.

The sheriffs, solicitors and police officers who participated in interviews and Strathclyde Police who identified breached civil protection orders.

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